Journal Article Search Strategies

Another way to refine a search is to limit your search to a field. A field is a record element* containing a specific type of information about a journal article. Some examples of fields are:

• title
• author
• subject or descriptor
• journal or source
• publication date
• abstract
• full-text indicator

* What is a record element? When you look something up in the library, the list of results that appear on the screen are called records; it is library jargon. An element of this record is just a way of referring to one part of it.